Page 110 of Distress Signal
“I’m scared,” I admitted. “Of how…bigI feel for you. And how my staying could only get more people hurt.”
“Me too,” he agreed. “But I’m right here with you.” His hands shifted from where they were banded low on my waist to grab my hands, bringing them between us and pressing a lingering kiss to my knuckles. “What can I do to make it easier?”
“Everyone I’ve ever loved, ever felt like I couldn’t live without, I’ve been forced to learn how to. First my parents, and now Lainey?—”
“Lainey is coming home,” he cut in, but I ignored him.
“I can’t lose you too,” I whispered. “So please be patient with me.”
“I can do that,” he promised.
For a moment, we clung to each other in the silence, swaying back and forth to music only we could hear.
Then Finn said, “Feel free to tell me to fuck off but how would you feel about moving into my room?”
Resting my chin on his chest, I stared up at him. “You sure?”
“Positive,” he replied easily. “I don’t want to go another day without waking up beside you or falling asleep next to you.”
I grinned, and he ducked a bit to kiss me.
When he released me, I hooked my thumb over my shoulder at my suitcase.
“Guess it’s a good thing I already started packing.”
thirty-one
. . .
FINN
A phone ringcut through the dark stillness of the bedroom.
Instantly, my hackles rose.
Nothing good came from phone calls after midnight.
Rolling away from Reagan, who stirred when I shifted, I swiped my phone off my nightstand, ready to answer.
Mine wasn’t ringing.
“Baby,” I whispered to Reagan as I flipped the lamp on. “It’s yours.”
Reagan sat up in a flash, the sheet pooling around her waist, revealing the oversized Lawless Rescue & Dude Ranch tee of mine she’d thrown on before we passed out only a few hours ago.
“Hello?” Her voice shook on the single word.
“It should’ve been you.”
I could hear the speaker clear as day, though they were distorted by some sort of voice altering software.
“Who is this?” Reagan hissed, tone stronger, eyes steely.
“Only one way to find out.”
“Which is?”
“Come to me. Lainey is waiting for you.”
